Chapter 2
Vegeta and the clone walk around, circling the battlefield. Everyone who isn't involved in
the fight steps back. The tree tops sway as the wind becomes far more violent and ferocious. Vegeta is very worried now, with sweat pouring down his face, and his short, but muscular body trembling with fear. Vegeta lets off a scream, then charges up, as a blue aura starts to form around him. It looks like he is inside some sort of flame now, as his eyes fill with anger and hatred. The saiyan prince charges at his opponent, and throws a punch towards the gut of dark Vegeta. He punches at thin air though, because by the time he gets there, dark Vegeta has gone. Vegeta is desperately looking around, trying to find out where his opponent is. He calms himself down, the starts to sense for energy. He looks around, with his eyes narrowed, feeling out the energy that runs through the air. He feels a massive power, and looks up towards a tree. Sure enough, sitting on a branch, laughing, and clapping his hands is the dark Vegeta. The dark Vegeta drops down from his perch, with a twig in his hand. He crushes it in his hand, then when he drops it to the floor, it is merely dust. He claps some more, then congratulates Vegeta in a very high and mighty voice. "Well done, my inferior friend."
"Shut up! Just you wait, I'm only warming up!" replied Vegeta angrily. The two drop the insults, then charge at each other, getting ready for round two of fighting. They meet in the middle, with powerful beams of ki shooting from the two, as they engage in a test of strength. A crater starts to form underneath them because of the pure intensity of the energy given off. After a short time, the two jump backwards. Vegeta is holding his stomach, breathing heavily, and badly winded, but the clone is standing tall, as if nothing has happened. He starts laughing some more. "You might as well give up! Your power isn't even close to mine!"
Vegeta knows this is true, but he doesn't let the clone see his fear. He gives off a smile, then takes a deep breath. Vegeta gives off excruciating shouts, as he charges up to full power. The blue aura around him is now twice the size as it was before. Rock and twigs rise off the ground. The woods shake as Vegeta's face shows a look of pure concentration. The flow rate of the sweat has increased, and the ground where Vegeta is standing has been soiled with the sweat from the saiyans face. Vegeta finishes powering up, and then charges at his clone, to try once again to get the upper hand on him. The clone smiles when he sees Vegeta coming, and prepares for the attack, trying to predict what his opponent will do. Vegeta runs at full speed towards his clone, and pulls back his fist, ready to strike. Before he does though, he disappears, and then reappears behind his clone, catching him off guard. Vegeta gets a powerful kick into the back of his clones head, then hits him with s ki blast as he flies through the air. The clone is drilled down by the blast, creating a huge cloud of dust as he lands. Vegeta looks on, as the following moments seem to go in slow motion. Has he managed to beat such a superior being so easily? Vegeta's eyes widen, and he steps back disbelievingly. "It can't be! Not even a scratch!"
Sure enough, there was the clone, standing tall, laughing at Vegeta. There is a little black blood coming from his lip, seemingly from the landing, but that is wiped away by the back of the clones hand.. The clone cranks his neck, letting off a loud crack, then clenches his fist. "You caught me off guard just now Vegeta, but you won't be able to do it again. Now you will se my true power!" With that, Vegeta's clone begins to power up, creating a huge energy surge, which blows back the trees, ripping some of the roots from out of the ground, and sending them flying away from the battleground. The clones stand there laughing, but the 'Z' soldiers have to cover their faces and try and plant their feet into the ground so as to not get blown away. Vegeta is looking very uneasy now, backing off, awaiting the inevitable onslaught. The Vegeta clone finishes charging up, then charges towards the saiyan prince. Vegeta blocks the first punch that was aimed at his head, but the second punch came from no-where, and was too fast to block. The clone starts piling on the punishment, hitting Vegeta from every angle. He hits him in the face a few times, then kicks him in the chest, sending him sprawling into a tree. The clone charges in, without giving Vegeta any time to recover, and starts to deliver some very quick, but surprisingly devastating punches to his gut. The punishment continues, with the rest of the 'Z' soldiers having to watch from the sidelines.
'Damn, how are we going to beat this monster! I'm going to have to hit him soon otherwise Vegeta will be toast! I'll charge up a Genki Dama, that should work' Goku thinks, with a look of indignant stress on his face.
Goku holds out his arms, and starts to get all the energy from the planet. The sun, rivers, trees, even people of the
planet Earth give him their energy, as he slowly, inconspicuously, gathers what is needed. 'It is all up to me to save Vegeta. This has gotta work!' he thinks, as all his concentration goes into gathering the energy.
Back in the fight, Vegeta is now coughing up blood, due to the beating his gut has taken. His clone is laughing hysterically, pummeling away at him, and preparing to send him into another dimension. The 'dark' Vegeta jumps backwards, and starts to charge up some sort of energy. He gets the ball in his hand, and is aiming for Vegeta's face. The saiyan warrior is too badly hurt to move, so he can simply sit there, only able to watch with one of his eyes, because the other is too badly hurt to open. The Vegeta clone releases the huge, black ball of energy, and Vegeta shuts his eyes, ready to take the defeat like a man. Gohan has seen enough though, he runs in at the Vegeta clone, and kicks him in the back, making him lose his balance, and concentration. The ball of energy went straight up into the air because of Gohan's interference. Gohan goes over to Vegeta to help protect him, and gets into his fighting pose. The ball of energy reaches the same altitude as that of which planes are at, and explodes, causing a deafening sound, and a mile wide explosion. Everyone looks up to the explosion apart from the clone Vegeta. He capitalizes on the carelessness of Gohan, and attacks him with his fist clenched up hard. Gohan didn't see it coming, and went soaring through the air. Clone Vegeta disappears, and reappears in front of Gohan, kicking him up towards the sky as he is in mid-flight. The clone Vegeta then flies up into the air, catching up with Gohan, and axe handle smashes him down to the ground, where he bounces about a foot in the air, and leaves a huge crater there.
"It's ready!"
Clone Vegeta turns to see where the voice came from, but instead of seeing a person, he sees a positively gigantic ball of energy, that is roaring through the air. The Vegeta clone gets ready to block it, and he holds his hands out. The ball of energy slams into him with the force of a ten-ton truck, and it shoots the clone of Vegeta through the air. "And to finish it off….." Goku charges up a ball of energy in his hands.. "KAME…….HAME…….HA!" The ball of energy shoots through the sky, and hits the spirit bomb. The two explode on impact, filling the sky with colorful fireworks, and industrial-like smoke. Through the smoke we can see a shadow. It is standing there, laughing manically. The shadow floats to the ground, revealing himself to be hurt a far worse than he looked initially. His armour has broken off at the corners, and there is a huge rip in its center. The clone falls to one knee, his face covered in scratches, and his ribs are bruised thoroughly. His once cocky grin has now turned into a grimace of pain. Seeing his chance, Vegeta climbs to his feet, and floats into the air slightly. He delivers a final flash, after a colossal amount of charging, and it soars down to earth, creating a huge crater and sending the Vegeta clone into another dimension. Vegeta begins to laugh after his triumphant victory, with the help of Goku, but he too soon falls to the ground. Vegeta crawls towards the 'Z' soldiers, as if intimidated by the mere presence of the clones. Vegeta looks up to Goku, as if asking for help, then his head drops to the floor, and the only movement that comes from him is occasional twitches, as he tries to get up, but has had too much taken out of him to do so. Goku crouches down to Vegeta, and takes a pouch from his pocket. He opens it up, as the clones look on in wonder. Goku takes out a small green bean, and puts it into Vegeta's mouth. The saiyan prince chews on it, then swallows. As soon as it is down his throat, he leaps to his feet, and his muscles start to bulge.
"If you're not careful Vegeta, you'll use up our whole supply of sensu beans!" joked Goku.
"Don't worry Kakarot, I'll finish these goons right now."
"Don't be so sure Vegeta, the one you played wasn't even the strongest. I can sense an enormous power coming from that one." Goku points to his clone, who is standing tall, and looking proud, not even grief-stricken in the slightest over the death of his team-mate. Goku looks as if he has a plan. "Vegeta, I'm going to go to King Kai. I need you to hold them up for as long as you can. Don't try to take on my clone until last. He's far more powerful than both me and you! King Kai will train me further, and maybe I can learn some new skills off him."
Goku puts his forefingers on his forehead, and is about to teleport out, when Vegeta stops him. "Good….luck Kakarot."
"Thanks Vegeta. I'll be back soon." With that, Goku teleports away, arriving on King Kais planet. He looks around, then runs into King Kai's house, with the gravity not bothering him.
"King Kai, I need you to train me further. There is an insanely powerful force on Earth!"
"That's not all Goku. King Kai states. "There is an even more powerful one on its way. You have to take out those people quickly, because if they merge with the warrior on his way, then you don't stand a chance!" King Kai is sounding very panicky, and seems to be in a hurry, which is very uncharacteristic for him. "Goku, there is but one thing that I didn't teach you last time you were here, because your power wasn't any where near enough."
"Well, what is it" said Goku impatiently. King Kai charges up to full power (Which is nothing compared to Goku's) and then moves at incredible speed. "Goku, try and hit me with a ki blast!" spluttered Kai.
"What? You sure? I could hurt you pretty badly" replied Goku.
"Do it Goku! We don't have much time!"
"Ok, here goes, how'd you get so strong anyway?"
"I have not got stronger, merely faster. An interesting stranger came to me not long ago. Maybe you've met him. His name was.........Raditz. He challenged me to a battle. Me and Gregory defeated him easily, but I learnt a skill from watching the way he moves. Now fire that damn ki blast Goku!"
Goku shoots s small blast from his finger tips at King Kai, but it seems to go straight through him. Goku tries again, but once again it goes straight through him.
"No way! How do you do that!" questioned Goku, totally awe-stricken.
"I am leaving an entrail by using my supreme speed. You will be able to execute this far better than I can, because of your superior regular speed. Now you try..."
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Back on Earth, the battle between humans and clones was intensifying. It was now Vegeta and Piccolo vs. Piccolo clone. The clone of Piccolo was a very dark green, with his tentacles sticking out at weird angles. He has yellow teeth, and the trademark, purple Namekian muscles. His eyes are, like the rest of the clones, yellow, and he has got scratches and bruises all over him from the battle that he has been having. Piccolo and Vegeta are smiling, mostly unscathed, and in firm control of the battle. Vegeta is beaming, knowing that his power as increased phenomenally after his battles with his clone. He still has the marks from the beating he took earlier, although they are causing him no pain what-so-ever. Vegeta is still wearing his armour, which offers very little in the way of protection now, as it has been made use of so frequently in this fight. Piccolo and Vegeta float down to the ground, near the crater that was made when Gohan hit the ground.
Gohan is ok now, cheering on his mentor - Piccolo, and his dads rival - Vegeta. "We're gonna win this battle Krillen!"
"Yeah, I don't know what Goku was so worried about! These guys are going to be a pushover with Vegeta's improved power!" remarked Krillen.
Vegeta and Piccolo take a short rest, as they land on the floor. The clone floats down to earth too, but he is down on both knees, holding his side. The clones refuse to help him though, and they show no remorse when Piccolo charges in, and almost knocks the evil clones head off. 'Evil' Piccolo gets up, and backs off, trying to rethink his plan of action. He smiles, then charges in at Vegeta and Piccolo. He pulls back his arm, but doesn't go for a punch, but rather throws a ki blast at the ground, creating a great deal of smoke. He then bursts through the smoke he created to dropkick Vegeta off guard. Piccolo's clone turns, and charges up some energy on his right hand. With an evil looking grin, he turns to Piccolo, and smashes him in the face with it, causing an epic explosion. Vegeta gets to his feet, and charges at the Namek clone, throwing an assortment of kicks, and punches at him. The Piccolo clone dodges all these though, and bides himself sometime by using his eye laser, knocking Vegeta down. Evil Piccolo then holds his forefingers out, and charges up for an almighty blast. The energy quickly forms on his fingertips, and creates an eerie yellow glow. He shoots it at Piccolo, but the shot is half dodged, with the corkscrew beam slices through Piccolo's arm, and completely taking it off. Piccolo falls to his feet, in utter agony after losing one of his limbs. The clone then turns to Vegeta, and runs at him, hitting with a back hand across the face of the saiyan prince, cutting him with his claws as he does so. Vegeta falls backwards, but lands on his feet. He wipes away the blood, and with a look of rage in his eyes, he darts at Piccolo's clone, and starts to punch at incredible speeds. all are dodged though, and some are countered with a backhand to the face. Vegeta continues the assault though, acting as though he doesn't feel any of the blows. A loud scream is heard from a few meters away. Piccolo is screaming out in pain, and then his arm suddenly bursts through the stump. He floats over next to Vegeta, and smiles as his clone backs off again, obviously realizing how tough it would be to take on these major powers......
Will the combined force of Vegeta and Piccolo be able to defeat the evil Piccolo clone? Will Goku be able to learn the entrail attack? All will be revealed.
